Helichrysum sutherlandii flowering in the Drakensberg

Helichrysum sutherlandii flowering in the Drakensberg
Author: Ivan Lätti
Photographer: Johan Wentzel

The much-branched inflorescences of Helichrysum sutherlandii are nearly flat-topped, borne on long stalks well above the foliage. They comprise small bell-shaped flowerheads appearing from end summer to midwinter. The outer involucral bracts are brown, the inner ones white, all of them woolly. The six rows of blunt-tipped bracts spread gradually, the inner row exceeding the florets (Pooley, 1998; iNaturalist).

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